"I would like to see us use a different approach," said Roger Spurback, a Community Block Club Commissioner, who hopes the expertise will help crack down on property crimes against visitors in particular.

Spurback says doing so is essential in a city which hangs its economic hopes on tourism.

"Just one person could dissuade 100 others from coming here, if they go home and say they got robbed while visiting a tourist area like Niagara Falls," Spurback told WGRZ-TV.

However, improvements -if any- won't likely be seen overnight.

It'll be months before the feds begin their analysis of crime in the Falls, and many more before they can begin to analyze data, and recommend solutions based on what what's worked in other places.

Once they do that, there's also the process of seeking out the funding to implement any of the recommendations made.